FRACTURE-SCAPES REVELATORY FINE ARTEst. 2026
Thomas Farmer
[CV]
PO BOX 703 Black Diamond, Alberta, Canada
studio@fracturescapes.art
THE LIVING FRACTURE
Fracture-Scaping begins with naturally found wood fractures. I read their ridges, recesses and planes as fields of landscape possibility, using chromatic interpretation to reveal rather than design the composition. The fracture remains the governing form and a participant in authorship.
PRESERVED FORM, PAINTED INTERPRETATION
Interpretation remains confined to naturally fractured surfaces. Unaffected exterior wood and bark are preserved, and expressive fracture geometry is not mechanically reshaped. Minimal preparation is permitted only on the horizontal base plane when required for stable presentation.
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The practice preserves each work’s available connection to its source, while By Nature works require documented geographic provenance and chain of custody.
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GLACIER GORGE
4-FSG-2026
GENESIS STATUS
Completed: Spring 2026
Archive classification: Developmental Genesis work
Collection status: Internal, non-commercial
Custody: Studio archive
Commercial status: Not offered for acquisition
Current-standard field identity: None
PROVENANCE
Acquired: Spring 2025
Acquisition location: Kimberley, British Columbia
Source: Gifted from existing private stock
Harvest history: Undocumented
Species: Western larch, reported
Cause of fracture: Unknown
OBJECT
Dimensions: 6 1/16 in base width × 8 1/4 in height
Materials: Craft-grade acrylic, isolation coat, matte spray, selective gloss and matte medium on naturally fractured timber
Borate treatment: None
Base preparation: Unfinished; no sanding documented
Certificate of Authenticity mat: Early-production fitted leather mat
Conservation return: Not applicable — non-commercial Genesis work
CATALOGUE NOTE
Glacier Gorge was selected from gifted private stock and retained in the studio for an extended period before interpretation. Its deep recesses and descending channels suggested a multi-stage glacial waterfall originating in elevated terrain.
Warm exterior faces frame a braided blue drainage passing through layered green and yellow forms. The depth of the fracture provided an early opportunity to explore blended blues, shadow and spatial recession within narrow pockets of timber.
The work tested whether convincing water and atmospheric depth could be achieved without filling its channels with resin. Its completion strengthened the practice’s reliance on paint, light and existing fracture geometry rather than synthetic reconstruction.
DOCUMENTATION
Acquired from existing private stock before the current field-documentation protocol. Its precise harvest date, source location, and fracture event remain undocumented. The images below record early studio material selection and are not in-situ recovery photographs.
EARLY STUDIO DOCUMENTATION